A/N: Hello again, everyone!

Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds. No copyright infringement is intended.

My apologies if I made any mistakes but enjoy the chapter!

"Alright, Fifi," Élise set Séraphine's dinner plate in the dishwater and pressed the clean button on the dishwater machine. Élise smiled as she wiped Séraphine's mouth. She asked, "Was din-din good?"

Séraphine babbled, "Yah!"

Élise laughed before she noticed Reid walking into the dining room. "Hey, hubby." She pecked a kiss on his lips.

Séraphine squealed, "Dada! Dada!"

"Hi, Fifi," Reid picked Séraphine from the highchair and kissed her cheek. He licked his lips and smacked his lips. "Let me guess; you had spaghetti for dinner."

Élise answered for her, "Yeah."

"You have leftovers?" Reid asked as he rocked Séraphine. "We have a visitor coming by later today."

Élise opened the fridge again, grabbed the leftover pasta, dumped the rest onto a plate, and reheated it in the microwave. "Who's the visitor?"

Reid answered, "Henry."

"Really?" Élise looked at her reflection in the window and fluffed her head.

"I offered to," Reid explained. "Will's away, and her usual babysitter was unavailable for tonight."

Élise smiled, "Well, that's nice. When are they coming?"

"Hopefully soon," Reid looked at his watch. "JJ wanted to go home to get Henry, feed him, and change."

"Uncle Spencer!" Henry dashed out of the car at first sight when he saw Reid at the door. "How are you?" Henry hugged Reid with all his might as JJ walked up the stone path.

Reid lovingly hugged him back, "I'm good." He allowed Henry inside the house as JJ approached him. JJ sighed with her folded hands, "Thank you so much for doing this for me, Spence. You're a good friend."

"You're welcome," Reid smirked. "And remember, ten-thirty sharp." He reminded JJ of the time she needed to come and get Henry.

JJ flapped her hand, "Yeah-yeah, ten-thirty o'clock." She rushed back to the car and gave Reid and Henry one last wave before driving off.

Reid closed the front door, locked in the security system, and made his way to the great room and saw Henry on the couch. Joining next to him, Reid asked, "You do want to watch a little television before you go to sleep?"

"Yes, please," Henry's eyes twinkled.

Reid and Henry spent the next hour watching Alvin and the Chipmunks before getting him settled for bed in the guest bedroom and called Will to get him to say good night to him.

"You've reached Jennifer Jareau. Please leave me a detailed message."

Reid groaned, "Hey, JJ. It's me, Spencer. Now, I don't know if you noticed, but you missed your curfew by four hours and twenty-three minutes. And this is the 21st time I've been calling you." He hung up and murmured in annoyance.

Élise groaned as she woke up to the sound of Reid's voice. Turning her body around in bed to face Reid and rubbing her eyes, she yawned, "What time is it?"

Reid looked at the bedside clock, "Almost three."

"Bloody hell," Élise tugged her head against the pillow and closed her eyes to try and fall asleep again. "This better be the first and last time you agree to do something like this. Other than you, Séraphine, our unborn boy, any one of our families, and work-related, I need my beauty sleep." Élise pointed to her face. "This face gets pissed off without good beauty sleep. And I can't function nor look good without my beauty sleep."

Reid laughed and kissed Élise's forehead. "You're beautiful just the way you are."

Élise opened one eye and snarled, "Shut up." She smirked, knowing it was the pregnancy symptoms.

"Huh...?" Reid jumped, snorted, and shook his head when he heard someone pounding on the front door. "W-wha...?"

"If that's JJ, someone's going to get a serious pounding from me," A sleepy Élise grumbled. "And I'm so ready to pound someone."

Reid moaned as he steadily got out of bed and blinked his eyes a few times to see it was three-thirty in the morning. He took a moment to stretch his back and made his way to the front door.

"Hey, Spencer."

Reid yawned, "Will?" He massaged his eyes and licked the sides of his mouth. "What are you doing here?"

Will explained as Reid let him inside the house, "My trip ended early, so I figure I come back to D.C. I couldn't get ahold of JJ, and I've been calling her since eleven."

"Humph, who are you telling?" Reid yawned again.

Will shook his head as Reid sluggishly guided him to the guest room where Henry was sleeping, "JJ's usually not like this. I'm worried something happened to her."

Reid dryly replied, "She's probably having too much fun with Emily and Penelope."

"Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing." Will presumed as he gently lifted Henry and carried him securely in his arms. "I'm going to have a serious talk with JJ about this."

"At least it's better than the pounding Élise was planning to give her had it been her instead of you." Reid joked about Élise's earlier threat.

Will smirked. "Thank you so much, Spencer."

"I know, but after tonight, I don't think I'll agree to do something like this for a while. Or a long time. Or ever again." Reid said as he opened the front door for Will.

Will agreed. "I kinda don't blame you. See you soon."

Reid waved goodbye to Will and Henry, closed the door, secured in the security alarm, and made his way to his bedroom to get whatever sleep he could.

Reid was on his second cup of coffee when his cell phone rang. He answered after the second ring. "Hello?"

"S-spence?"

Reid wryly replied, "Jennifer."

JJ grumbled, "Spence, uh, morning."

Reid was in sarcasm mode. "It's morning already? Why, geez, I did not know that."

"Yeah. Uh…" She grunted again, "I'll pick up Henry soon. I'm at Garcia's place with Prentiss and, I just, uh, uh..."

"Will came and picked up Henry at 3:30 this morning because he couldn't get ahold of you after he said good night to Henry," Reid said with brutal honesty. "By the way, it's 6:34."

"Oh, crap…" JJ gasped before she mumbled. "Sorry. I think I had a little too much fun last night with them."

Reid blandly responded before taking another sip of his coffee. "I'm sure you did. I offered to babysit Henry for a couple of hours, and this is what you do? For future references, I don't plan to offer nor agree to babysit again."

JJ muttered, "Sorry."

"You should be. Because Will said, he's going to have a word with you about this." Reid warned her.

"Yeah. I, uh, better get ready for the triathlon." JJ mumbled.

Reid was indifferent at this point. "Yeah, get sobered up." He hung up and fixed himself another cup of coffee. He said to himself, "You're definitely going to need it."

About an hour later, Reid gathered at the breakfast table with Séraphine.

"Here you go, my love," Élise placed his breakfast plate of cinnamon toast, a cinnamon roll with cream cheese frosting, an omelet filled with bacon, cheese, and vegetables, and a coffee cup in front of him. "Here you go, my love." She set Séraphine's bowl of Greek yogurt with chia seeds and fruit. "And here you go, my love," Élise filled Opal's bowl.

Reid exhaled, "Thank you so much."

Élise sat down and began eating her breakfast plate, "So she called you this morning?"

"Mmm-hmm," Reid nodded his head after taking a bite of his cinnamon toast. "And she sounded groggy; I take it the effects of intoxication are wearing off."

"Really?" Élise figured JJ, Prentiss, and Garcia were hungover and asked again, "Did you mention I wanted to pound her?"

"No," Reid stiffed as he sipped his coffee. "I'm going to need all the coffee I can get."

"Normally, I would say no, but I think you deserve to have as much coffee, sugar, and caffeine as you can have this morning, considering last night," said Élise as she finished her omelet and slurped her orange juice.

Reid shook his head again. "Mmm-hmm."

Élise mischievously smirked and narrowed her eyes. "Plus, I have something in store for them, considering their current situation."

Hours later, an overly energetic, caffeinated, and sugared Reid, who had Séraphine in a baby carrier strapped to his chest with noise-canceling headphones over her ears, shouted as he waved a small American flag, "WHOO! WHOO! WHOO! A COUPLE HOURS. A COUPLE HOURS. YOU GUYS DIDN'T COME HOME TILL SUNRISE!"

"YEAH!" Élise screamed into the mini bullhorn. "WHOO-HOO! GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!"

"Why are you yelling?" A sunglasses-clad JJ mumbled.

"TODAY'S A GOOD DAY!" Élise loudly answered, "AND BECAUSE I WANT TO!"

A shades-covered Prentiss begged, "Can you please stop yelling?"

"I could," Élise breathed before shouting into the bullhorn again, "BUT THIS IS YOUR PUNISHMENT FOR STAYING OUT ALL NIGHT! AND THIS IS TOO MUCH FUN!" Élise cackled.

"Ok, hey, Jack, Jack," Morgan looked up to Jack, who was on his shoulders, "Earmuffs for a minute. Earmuffs." After Jack covered his ears, Morgan asked Garcia, JJ, and Prentiss, "What did you guys drink last night?"

"The Green Fairy," Garcia groused. "You're in the FBI. Could you get the entire crowd to stop cheering?" Garcia thumb-pointed to the crowd.

Élise sympathetically placed her hand on Garcia's shoulder and whispered, "I'll do that, Lady PG."

Garcia sighed, "Oh, God bless you."

Élise naughtily smiled before yelling into the bullhorn, "COME ON, CROWD! CHEER! CHEER! CHEER!" Élise encouraged the crowd, making them applaud even louder. "CHEER TO THE HIGHEST HEAVENS!"

"Oh, why?" Garcia now regretted it. "Why?"

"OH, THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!" Élise couldn't help herself. "RESPECT THE BULLHORN!"

Reid stared at his watch and said, "By my estimates, Hotch will be finishing any minute."

"Do you see him, Uncle Dave?" Jack asked Rossi.

"I think I do, kiddo," Rossi answered before he stopped him. "Right there! There he is!"

The team, Élise, and Séraphine cheered when they saw Hotch cross the finish line, and they soon made their way towards him.

"WAHHH-HOOO!" Élise cried and danced, moving her shoulders side-to-side, gyrating. "YEAH-YEAH! BREAK IT DOWN! GO, AARON HOTCHNER! GO, AARON HOTCHNER! IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY! IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY! OOWW! GO, AARON HOTCHNER! GO, AARON HOTCHNER! IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY! IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!"

Prentiss pleaded, massaging her ears, "Please, Élise."

"That's enough," JJ pled; she had her hand on her head.

Garcia whined and folded her hands, "I'll get on my knees; just stop, please, with the bullhorn."

Élise smirked and whispered in Reid's ear, "Think they had enough?"

Reid thought for a moment, "Maybe."

An excited Jack ran to his father and gave him a high five. "You did it!"

"I did, buddy, I did." Hotch matched Jack's excitement. "Can you believe it?"

Jack bounced. "Did you see my sign?"

"I did." Hotch smiled before placing a blue-ribbon metal around Jack's neck. "That's for you, buddy. Your sign's fantastic."

After talking about

"Look at you." Rossi had his hands on his hips before asking him, "How do you feel?"

"I think I'm gonna live." Hotch paced before sipping his water.

Prentiss pulled her bag up to her shoulder a bit. "That's pretty impressive. I had money on the swim killing you."

Hotch winded, "I practiced."

Morgan wrapped an arm around Garcia and praised Hotch, "And it paid off. Good job."

"Thank you." Hotch expressed his gratitude again.

"Hey, you guys want something to eat?" Reid asked as he, Élise, and Séraphine skipped church services to attend the triathlon.

"Yeah, something greasy," JJ pushed up her sunglasses, thinking about what Will's going to say to her regarding her all-nighter.

Prentiss nodded her head, "Oh, yeah."

Élise shouted, "Heck yes!"

"Élise!" JJ, Garcia, and Prentiss cried.

Élise smirked, "Be thankful I didn't use my bullhorn this time. But yeah."

"Hotchner!"

They turned around to see the same brunette woman Reid and Élise saw a couple of times previously before today, causing Reid, Élise, and the rest of the team to watch Hotch introduce Jack to Beth before introducing themselves.

After Reid introduced himself, Élise spoke, "Élise Bastien.." Élise smiled; she admitted to herself that Beth was so pretty up close and had a good vibe about her.

"And this little charmer is Séraphine." Reid pointed to Séraphine stretching and kicking while jamming to the low-volume music in her ears.

Beth chuckled, "Nice to meet you all. Aaron has told me so much about you." She saw Élise's bump, "And congrats on the pregnancy. How many weeks are you now?"

"Thanks," Élise clutched to her blooming belly before wrapping an arm around Reid's elbow, "And we're 23 weeks pregnant with a boy."

Hotch asked Beth, "We were gonna go get something to eat. You want to come?"

"Sure," Beth answered happily.

Hotch smirked, "Ok. Great. Come on, buddy." Hotch retook Jack's hand, and they walked away with Beth.

"He's in love," Morgan concluded.

Rossi smirked, proud Hotch was taking the step with Beth meeting Jack. "I know."

"It's so cute, yeah," Élise oozed with enthusiasm. "Come on, people. I'm hungry. And you should never keep a pregnant woman hungry."

"Or pissed off," Reid joked.

Élise giggled, "That, too."

They grabbed a bite to eat—Rossi, of course, paid—and discussed how far Hotch has come since Haley's death and their feelings on Beth.

After dinnertime, Reid and Élise read Séraphine before tucking her into bed. Now in their bedroom, Élise was coolly reading a baby names book when she looked up and saw Reid in a Doctor Who shirt and pajama plaid pants.

"Oh, what a day," Reid said as he gathered under the comforters.

Élise agreed. "Yeah. We had a fun day. We got to meet Beth. And...I got Garcia, JJ, and Prentiss real good with that bullhorn."

Reid laughed, "Yeah, I have to admit that was good. A bit over-the-top, though."

Élise chuckled, "Oh!" She pressed down on a potential boy's name and showed Reid, "How about Günther? It's German and means warrior."

Reid cocked his mouth and thought, "I like the name, but I'm not sure about it." He directed his index finger to another name. "How about Edward? Rich guardian."

"I like Edward, but it can be too common," Élise guessed. "And with the whole Twilight saga, no. Never will I ever read the books nor watch the movies. Plus, I want our boy's name to be different and special."

"We're all special in our own way," Reid pulled Élise closed for a lip kiss.

Élise growled.

A/N: I hope I made you all laugh and smile during the triathlon scene!